"Hours"" (BBC) and starring Barker as the miserly proprietor of a corner shop. Four series of ""Open All Hours"" were made from 1976–85. He featured in Barker's ""Porridge"" (BBC), a prison comedy, as the elderly Blanco in three episodes. Jason also appeared with Barker in various disguises in ""The Two Ronnies,"" including providing the ""raspberry"" sound effect for ""The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town."" Jason starred in London Weekend Television's ""Lucky Feller"" (1975–76), written by Terence Frisby and produced by Humphrey Barclay. About two brothers in South-East London, the series was in many ways a forerunner to ""Only"
"have it developed into a full series that followed the fortunes of Fletcher and his fellow inmates. Again starring Ronnie Barker, it became the much-loved claustrophobic prison-based series ""Porridge"". George Dobbs is released from a three-year sentence but no-one welcomes him at the prison gates. He seeks out his best mate, the womanizing Stan, to have a drink with, only to be told that Stan has moved on. The truth is that Stan moved in with Annie eight months ago, originally for company but they became romantically involved. George does not duff up Stan as expected but tells his friend"
"""Porridge"", a slang term for prison; Barker, Clement and La Frenais actually came up with the same title independently of each other. In their research, Clement and La Frenais spoke to Jonathan Marshall, a former prisoner who had written a book, ""How to Survive in the Nick"", and he advised them about prison slang, dress and routines. Struggling to think up plots and humour for such a downbeat, confined environment, a particular phrase used by Marshall – ""little victories"" – struck a chord and convinced them to base the series on an inmate who made his daily life in prison"
"Porridge (TV series) Porridge is a British sitcom, starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale, written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and broadcast on BBC One from 1974 to 1977. The programme ran for three series, and included two Christmas specials and a feature film of the same name (in the United States, the film was released under the title ""Doing Time""). The sitcom focuses on two prison inmates, Norman Fletcher (played by Barker) and Lennie Godber (played by Beckinsale), who are serving time at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland. The show's title is a reference to both"
"Norman Stanley Fletcher Norman Stanley ""Fletch"" Fletcher is the main fictional character in the popular BBC sitcom ""Porridge"", and the spin-off, ""Going Straight"". He was played by Ronnie Barker. He was sentenced to serve the particular stretch of 'porridge' detailed in the series due to a long and failing attempt to steal an articulated truck. The truck was full of alcohol. His plan was to drive the truck to a nearby field where he would leave the truck and make off with some of the booze. But he had no idea on how to drive the truck and ended up"
"bowel cancer on 13 February 2014, seven days before his 84th birthday, in a nursing home in Prescot, Merseyside. Ken Jones (actor) Ken Jones (20 February 1930 – 13 February 2014) was an English actor. Jones was born in Liverpool. After working as a signwriter and performing as an amateur, he trained at RADA. Known for his roles as 'Horrible' Ives in ""Porridge"" and as Rex in The Squirrels. He also appeared in ""The Liver Birds"" as Uncle Dermot, in ""Goodnight Sweetheart"" as Owen Jones, and in ""Seconds Out"" as Dave Locket. Jones was married to the actress Sheila Fay,"
"Cyril Heslop Cyril Heslop is a character in the popular BBC sitcom ""Porridge"" portrayed by Brian Glover. Heslop is prominent in Season 1 of the show and was briefly Fletcher's cellmate. He was also one of the three new arrivals, along with Fletcher and Godber, into Slade Prison in the first episode of the series, having been given three years for breaking and entering. Heslop is quite dim and slow-witted, once being described by Mr. Mackay as ""thick as two short planks."" This is also demonstrated in the fact that he is always several minutes behind every conversation, such as"
"East London Cemetery and Crematorium. Michael Barrington Michael Barrington (3 July 1924 – 5 June 1988) was a British actor best known for his television work. His best remembered role is as the ineffectual Governor Venables in the popular sitcom ""Porridge"" which featured Ronnie Barker in the lead role. Born in Shropshire, both his parents died when he was 16. His plans to train as a veterinarian were interrupted by Second World War service in a munitions factory and the Royal Engineers. After the war he decided to become an actor and trained at the Birmingham School of Drama. He"
"he is a Leyton Orient supporter. Norman Stanley Fletcher Norman Stanley ""Fletch"" Fletcher is the main fictional character in the popular BBC sitcom ""Porridge"", and the spin-off, ""Going Straight"". He was played by Ronnie Barker. He was sentenced to serve the particular stretch of 'porridge' detailed in the series due to a long and failing attempt to steal an articulated truck. The truck was full of alcohol. His plan was to drive the truck to a nearby field where he would leave the truck and make off with some of the booze. But he had no idea on how to"
"Michael Barrington Michael Barrington (3 July 1924 – 5 June 1988) was a British actor best known for his television work. His best remembered role is as the ineffectual Governor Venables in the popular sitcom ""Porridge"" which featured Ronnie Barker in the lead role. Born in Shropshire, both his parents died when he was 16. His plans to train as a veterinarian were interrupted by Second World War service in a munitions factory and the Royal Engineers. After the war he decided to become an actor and trained at the Birmingham School of Drama. He then appeared in repertory theatres"
"Liverpool before training as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. After graduating in 1967, he appeared in repertory theatres around the UK. His early roles included playing a film director in ""Tiffany Jones"" (1973) and appearances in two of the later ""Carry On"" films, ""Carry On Dick"" and ""Carry On Behind"". He then had a significant role in the British sitcom ""Porridge"" as the affable and high spirited Slade Prison inmate Bunny Warren who relies on fellow prisoners to read his letters from home and blames his incarceration on his inability to read. In the"
"Ken Jones (actor) Ken Jones (20 February 1930 – 13 February 2014) was an English actor. Jones was born in Liverpool. After working as a signwriter and performing as an amateur, he trained at RADA. Known for his roles as 'Horrible' Ives in ""Porridge"" and as Rex in The Squirrels. He also appeared in ""The Liver Birds"" as Uncle Dermot, in ""Goodnight Sweetheart"" as Owen Jones, and in ""Seconds Out"" as Dave Locket. Jones was married to the actress Sheila Fay, also a native of Liverpool, from 30 October 1964 until her death on 31 August 2013. He died from"
"episode, ""Timmy's Family"". Porky, his parents and several other characters were cut from the plot when stars Rettig and Jan Clayton were dropped in 1957 after the death of co-star George Cleveland. Sylvester ""Porky"" Brockway Sylvester ""Porky"" Brockway is a fictional child character in the long-running American television series ""Lassie"". The character was played by child actor Joey D. Vieira under the stage name ""Donald Keeler"". The chubby, beanie-wearing Porky is best friends with the show's star human character, eleven-year-old Jeff Miller played by Tommy Rettig. Porky is a farm boy and the son of Matt and Birdie Brockway. He"
"Porridge (2016 TV series) Porridge is a British television sitcom, starring Kevin Bishop, written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and broadcast on BBC One. The show is a sequel to the original 1974 series of the same name, which both Clement and La Frenais wrote. The sitcom focuses on prison inmate, Nigel Norman Fletcher (played by Bishop), the grandson of Norman Stanley Fletcher, who is sent to Wakeley Prison to serve a five year sentence for cyber crimes. The programme's creation came about when the BBC decided to air a one-off special of ""Porridge"" as part of its"
"alternating ""great/super""; and Perrin's brother-in-law Major Jimmy Anderson, an army officer with no grasp of organisation or leadership, coming to eat because of a ""bit of a cock-up on the catering front"" (caused in the original novel by his wife's alcoholism). The first series included the character of Mark Perrin, Reggie's son, played by David Warwick. However, David Nobbs felt he diverted the comedy from Reggie, so he was written out by going on tour with a theatre group in Africa. Although mainly produced on video and shot on studio sets, the series also incorporated innovative surreal escapism through film"
"Brian Wilde Brian George Wilde (13 June 1927 – 20 March 2008) was an English actor, best known for his roles in television comedy, including Mr Barrowclough in ""Porridge"" and ""Foggy"" Dewhurst in ""Last of the Summer Wine"". His lugubrious world-weary face was a staple of British television for forty years. Though born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, Wilde was brought up in Devon and Hertfordshire and attended Hertford Grammar School. He trained as an actor at RADA. He had an early uncredited role as a small-time crook in the 1954 film ""Forbidden Cargo"", starring Jack Warner and Nigel Patrick, and a"
"Ives collects money for non-existent charities, Godber is now a lorry driver and still married to Ingrid, and Fletcher runs a pub with his childhood sweetheart, Gloria. On Sunday 28 August 2016, a one-off sequel to the original series, also titled ""Porridge"", was broadcast on BBC One. It starred Kevin Bishop as Nigel Norman Fletcher, Norman Stanley Fletcher's grandson, who is serving five years in prison for computer hacking. The special was written by the original creators and writers of ""Porridge"", Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. It gained praise from both viewers and TV critics, with many calling for"
"by Roy Clarke) and ""Prisoner and Escort"" (written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais) became series. ""Prisoner and Escort"" became ""Porridge"", airing from 1974–1977, with Barker starring as the cynical and cunning prisoner Norman Stanley Fletcher. ""Porridge"" was the first sitcom to take place in a prison; ""The Times"" said the show ""was about what it took to survive in prison, the little day-to-day triumphs over the system that kept the prisoners sane."" The opening sequence of the programme showed Fletcher being directed to his cell, as prison doors are locked behind him, all the while the judge can"
"""Local Hero"" and ""Defence of the Realm"". Mackay was acknowledged as a strong character actor in various television series. He is best remembered for his namesake role from 1973 to 1977 as the comically ferocious prison warder, Mr Mackay, in the British sitcom ""Porridge"" alongside the comedian and comedy actor Ronnie Barker. He also appeared in the film version of the series. The ensemble playing of Mackay, Barker, Richard Beckinsale and Brian Wilde, and the writing by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, made ""Porridge"" one of the most successful comedy series of the 1970s. He returned to the role"
"Ray Winstone in ""Face"". In 1998, he appeared as Bishop Myriel in ""Les Misérables"" alongside Liam Neeson. His most unusual role may have been as SS Obergruppenführer Arthur Nebe in the 1994 film of Robert Harris's novel ""Fatherland"". He became known for his performances on television, including supporting roles in ""Porridge"" (as ""Genial"" Harry Grout) and ""Citizen Smith"" as Charles Johnson, (although his role in the latter series was taken over by Tony Steedman). Vaughan's role in ""Porridge"" brought him a great deal of public recognition, despite the fact that his character appeared in only three episodes and the 1979"
"John Dair Although born in Dundee, Scotland, he had been a resident of London, England, for many years. He drove mobile cranes and bulldozers on building sites and then worked as a singer until he was offered the part in ""Porridge"" whilst performing at the Lyceum Theatre, London. He appeared in one of the most memorable scenes in the sitcom in which his character displays a 'sense of humour failure' when a joke is repeated to him. He also had small parts in films, the most memorable of which was in ""Batman"" as crime boss Vinnie Ricorso, who is fatally"
"David Daker Colin David Daker (born 29 September 1935 in Bilston, Staffordshire) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Harry Crawford in the hit series ""Boon"". He also played Tommy Mackay in ""Only Fools and Horses"" and Jarvis in ""Porridge"". He has made two appearances in ""Minder"", the first in the second episode of the second series (""Who's Wife Is It Anyway"") in which he played Alex, an owner of an antique shop; his second appearance being in the second episode of the sixth series (""Life In The Fast Food Lane"") in which he played"
"starred in the revival of classic 1970s BBC sitcom ""Porridge"". He played the role of Fletch, grandson of Ronnie Barker's original main character, locked up for cyber-crime. Originally a one-off, the show was commissioned to full series in October 2016. The first series was broadcast in October 2017 on a 6 week run on BBC1 as well as the full series being released at the same time on the BBC iplayer. The BBC has yet to confirm if there will be a Second Series. In 2016 Bishop played Nigel Farage in a one-off BBC2 comedy entitled ""Nigel Farage Gets His"
"joke, apparently having been spoken by the figure. The idea for Sourdough Jack came from News-Miner editor John J. Ryan, who said, ""People had many complaints about the town. ... He could make fun of that stuff and that would give people a chance to laugh at their problems."" Sourdough Jack's name came from Ryan's nickname (Jack) and the traditional nickname given to an old miner (sourdough). Jack Ryan worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer later in his life. John Ryan changed his name in the 70's to John O'Ryan. In the first days of the cartoon's existence, Jack often commented"
"series which went into production in January 2017. The show contains a number of affectionate references to the original series. For instance, the character of Joe Lotterby is named after Sydney Lotterby, a British TV producer and director, who was involved with producing the original series. Seven episodes of ""Porridge"", all written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, were produced for the BBC. The show began airing on 28 August 2016 and ended on 10 November 2017. All episodes had a running time of 30 minutes. Porridge (2016 TV series) Porridge is a British television sitcom, starring Kevin Bishop,"
"Sylvester ""Porky"" Brockway Sylvester ""Porky"" Brockway is a fictional child character in the long-running American television series ""Lassie"". The character was played by child actor Joey D. Vieira under the stage name ""Donald Keeler"". The chubby, beanie-wearing Porky is best friends with the show's star human character, eleven-year-old Jeff Miller played by Tommy Rettig. Porky is a farm boy and the son of Matt and Birdie Brockway. He has a basset hound called Pokey who generally accompanies him on various adventures with Jeff and Lassie. Porky debuts in the first-season episode, ""Arithmetic"", and makes his farewell appearance in the fourth-season"
"to be near his infant son. The character is inspired by the real-life events in the career of David Edwards, a high school player in San Antonio, Texas. Jason is portrayed as a confident, affable, charismatic and popular all-American high school student from a middle-class home with loving and supportive, although sometimes over-protective, parents. He is presumably the only child of Mitchell and Joanne Street (there is no mention of siblings). He, Landry and Julie Taylor are the only original main characters in high school who come from stable, two-parent families, in contrast to the others, all of whom come"
"Peter Vaughan Peter Vaughan (born Peter Ewart Ohm; 4 April 1923 – 6 December 2016) was an English character actor, known for many supporting roles in British film and television productions. He also worked extensively on the stage. He was best known for his role as Grouty in the sitcom ""Porridge"" (despite appearing in only three episodes and the 1979 film) and also had a recurring role alongside Robert Lindsay in ""Citizen Smith"", written by John Sullivan. He also had parts as Tom Franklin in ""Chancer"" (1990–91), playing the father of Anthony Hopkins's character in ""The Remains of the Day"","
"and a deep respect for Fletcher. For the one-off special, Colin McFarlane portrayed the character of The Judge, who sentences Fletcher for his crimes. Much like in the original series, the narration given in the opening titles, is voiced by McFarlane. In March 2016, it was announced that a sequel pilot to ""Porridge"" would air as part of the BBC's ""Landmark Sitcom Season"", starring Kevin Bishop as Norman Stanley Fletcher's grandson and written by the original writers Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. After the success of the pilot, in October 2016, BBC One commissioned the show for a full"
"same grave. Fulton Mackay William Fulton Beith Mackay (12 August 1922 – 6 June 1987) was a Scottish actor and playwright, best known for his role as prison officer Mr. Mackay in the 1970s television sitcom ""Porridge"". Mackay was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He was brought up in Clydebank by a widowed aunt after the death of his mother from diabetes. His father was in the NAAFI. On leaving school, he trained as a quantity surveyor and later volunteered for the Royal Air Force in 1941 but was not accepted because of a perforated eardrum. He then enlisted with"
"the dinner consists solely of porridge. One guest asks for sugar, but Dr. Fischer only provides salt. Dr. Fischer explains to Jones that the guests must eat the porridge to receive their presents, and that this is all part of his experiment to see how far the rich will go to debase themselves for more riches. The guests all eat the porridge except for Jones, who earns himself the enmity of the Toads by abstaining. Jones doesn’t receive another invitation for some time. Anna-Luise fills Jones in on the dissolution of her parents’ marriage. Her mother had developed a friendship"
"who can morph into any shape or size, usually as a visual aid to a joke he has just made. He is also a skilled impersonator. In each episode, he gives Will the support and motivation he needs to get through the challenges before him. Dewitt originally appeared and continues to appear on the packaging of Procter & Gamble's Kandoo personal care products. The frog pre-dated the television series and was named Dewitt upon its creation. Dewitt is voiced by Richard Ian Cox. Will's older brother who thinks he's better than him. Fred is voiced by Billy Rosemberg. Will's little"
"Jason has a crush on a cheerleader, Debbie. He also has trouble fitting in at school. He goes through a lot of natural teenage problems and shares the experiences. Spinelli wrote about the same characters in ""Jason and Marceline"" (1986). Jason - Main character, narrated from his point of view. Ate a dust-covered donut and he loves science. He is making a space station throughout the novel which will be a self-sustaining environment. He thinks about ""Pioneer"" a lot. 92-pound linebacker on the football team. He collects dinosaurs. He feels bad about possibly killing a raccoon. He has trouble fitting"